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RE: Obama's war on Catholics Continues
(02-07-2012 12:51 PM)ImMoreAwesomeThanYou Wrote:  Whether you agree or not religion has its place.

It does have a place, it's the reality of living in America. We are a secular (read: not theocratic) country with religious people. Most of our elected officials are religious to varying degrees, most Americans have at least some inclination to a particular faith or two.

And while we can debate what the appropriate level of influence that religion should have in the public sphere, we can all agree that individuals should retain the ability to worship whatever combination of gods they choose. I don't think it should be a zero-sum game, meaning observance of your religious (or non-religious) beliefs requires that someone else is denied theirs. Overt public displays of either religious belief or religious suppression are both destructive.

The vast majority of Americans self-identify as some flavor of christianity. That's the reality we live in. "Non-religious" is the fastest growing religious affiliation in the US, that's also the reality we live in. I don't believe that these two things necessarily need to compete with each other in the public sphere.
(This post was last modified: 02-07-2012 01:08 PM by AtlanticLeague.)
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